The collection - between the visible and the invisible the age of curiosity collections in Venetia in the heyday of curiosity medals/shells erudition/philosophy dealers, connoisseurs and enthusiasts in 18th-century Paris Maffei and Caylus collectors, naturalists and antiquarians in the Venetia Republic of the 18th century private collections, public museums.
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Bann et al. (1991) studied this question.